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<h2>Automobile Data from 'Consumer Reports' 1990</h2>

<h3>Description</h3>

<p>The <code>car.test.frame</code> data frame has 60 rows and 8 columns,
giving data on makes of cars taken from the April, 1990 issue of
<em>Consumer Reports</em>. This is part of a larger dataset, some
columns of which are given in <code>cu.summary</code>.
</p>


<h3>Usage</h3>

<pre>
car.test.frame
</pre>


<h3>Format</h3>

<p>This data frame contains the following columns:
</p>

<dl>
<dt><code>Price</code></dt><dd>
<p>a numeric vector giving the list price in US dollars of a standard model
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>Country</code></dt><dd>
<p>of origin, a factor with levels
<span class="samp">France</span>, 
<span class="samp">Germany</span>, 
<span class="samp">Japan</span> ,
<span class="samp">Japan/USA</span>, 
<span class="samp">Korea</span>,
<span class="samp">Mexico</span>,
<span class="samp">Sweden</span> and
<span class="samp">USA</span> 
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>Reliability</code></dt><dd>
<p>a numeric vector coded <code>1</code> to <code>5</code>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>Mileage</code></dt><dd>
<p>fuel consumption miles per US gallon, as tested. 
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>Type</code></dt><dd>
<p>a factor with levels
<code>Compact</code> 
<code>Large</code> 
<code>Medium</code> 
<code>Small</code> 
<code>Sporty</code> 
<code>Van</code> 
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>Weight</code></dt><dd>
<p>kerb weight in pounds.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>Disp.</code></dt><dd>
<p>the engine capacity (displacement) in litres.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>HP</code></dt><dd>
<p>the net horsepower of the vehicle.
</p>
</dd>
</dl>


<h3>Source</h3>

<p><em>Consumer Reports</em>, April, 1990, pp. 235&ndash;288 quoted in
</p>
<p>John M. Chambers and Trevor J. Hastie eds. (1992)
<em>Statistical Models in S</em>, Wadsworth and Brooks/Cole,
Pacific Grove, CA, pp. 46&ndash;47.
</p>


<h3>See Also</h3>

<p><code>car90</code>,
<code>cu.summary</code>
</p>


<h3>Examples</h3>

<pre>
z.auto &lt;- rpart(Mileage ~ Weight, car.test.frame)
summary(z.auto)
</pre>


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